Fanning-mill.



PATENTED JAN. 7, 1908.

P. POYNEER.

FANNING MILL.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.13.1906.

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PERRY POYNEER, OF DECATUR, INDIANA.

FANNING-MILL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 7, 1908.

Application filed December 13.1906. Serial No. 347,684.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PERRY PoYNEEn, of Decatur, county of Adams, andState of Indiana, have invented a certain new and useful Fanning-Mill;and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, inwhich like letters refer to like parts.

The object of this invention is to provide new and improved means forreceiving and disposing of the different qualities of grain turned outby a fanning mill. To that end an elevator is detachably connected withone side of the fanning mill and adapted to receive the best quality ofgrain and elevate it and discharge it into a bag whereby said grain maybe suitably sacked. This sacks the major portion of the grain. Aconsiderable minor portion consisting of grain of an inferior quality isseparately discharged into a suitable vessel. These and the otherfeatures of the invention will be understood from the accompanyingdrawing and the following description and claims.

In the drawings Figure 1 is an elevation of the right-hand side of thefanning mill,-

parts being shown by dotted lines. .Fig. 2 is a vertical transversesection on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1., and with one board removed from thecasing of the elevator. Fig. 3 is a horizontal transverse section of theforward portion of the machine on the line 3*3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is aside elevation of the shoe or shaker and the straps for supporting thesame andthe troughs into which it discharges the grain. Fig. 5 is aperspective view of the trough extension for the elevator. Fig. 6 is aperspective view of the troughs with the trough extension to theelevator partly broken away. Fig. 7 is an inside elevation of the lowerpart of the elevator easing, the upper portion thereof being brokenaway.

This fanning mill is the shape and contains the parts of the ordinarytype of fanning mill. There are four posts 10 to which sides 11 aresecured. The rear portion is provided with a semicircular fan casing 12in which a fan, not shown, is mounted on the fan shaft 13. In front ofthe fan a shaker 14 is suspended so as to be laterally reciprocated perend of said bars being pivotally connected with the side walls 11. ofthe machine and extending do\\"nward diagonally, cross ing each otherand pivoted at their lower ends to the lower portion of the side wall ofthe shoe or shaker. This gives a very substantial connection and yet aconnection that admits of ample freedom for lateral move ment.

The shoe or shaker contains a suitable riddle or separator 17 above setin an inclined position, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 4, fromthe forward end of which the larger particles of material and grain dropupon a separator or riddle 18 below. This riddle 18 extends rearwardbeyond the trough 20 and discharges into the trough 21. In the usualfanning mill the separating riddle 18 is of a larger mesh than theriddle 19 below it, so that the larger grain will discharge from theriddle 1S and the smaller grain and chaff fall upon the riddle 19. Thissmaller grain is discharged from said riddle 18 into the trough 20 atthe rear, while the chaff passes through said riddle 19 and out throughthe opening 22 in the bottom of the shoe or shaker. These riddles 17, 1Sand 10 are of the ordinary type familiar to all acquainted with fanningmills.

The two troughs 20 and 21, as shown in Fig. 6, are secured together andsecured to the shoe or shaker so asto vibrate therewith. They havebottoms inclining in opposite directions so that the trough 2Odischarges into the half bushel measure 23 at the right-hand side of themachine, while the trough 21 discharges the good grain into the elevator25 through the elevator trough extension 24.

This trough extension 24 has an open end in which the end of the trough21. rather tightly fits. Said extension 24 fits in a stirrup 26 that ispivoted to the trough 21, as seen in Figs. 4 and 6. This arrangementpermits the ready removal or attachment of the trough extension 24. Theouter end of the trough extension 24 is closed, as seen in Fig. 5, andprojects through the opening 27 in the lower part of the elevator 25, asappears in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 7.

In the elevator 25 there is a conveyor 30 having on it suitable buckets31 to elevate the grain discharged into the elevator. Said conveyer 30operates over a shaft 32 at the bottom of. the elevator and a shaft 33at the top, and said last mentioned shaft is driven by means of a pulley34, belt 35, and

pulley 36, the latter on the fan shaft 137 The elevator at its upper endis provided with a sack spout 37 from which a bag or sack is suspendedto receive the grain, said bag being fastened to hooks 38, one beingupon each side of the elevator at the upper end. \Yhile operating themachine, the bag is hung on said hooks until filled with grain, so thatthe machine sacks the grain as it cleans it.

The elevator is detachably secured to the side of the fanning mill bymeans of the lates 40, one near the top and one near the bottom of saidelevator, that have forwardly and rearwardly extending portions throughwhich bolts 41 extend for securing them to the side wall of the fanningmill. Therefore, this elevator is attachable or detachable readily, andcan be used or not used for sacking the grain, as desired.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

The combination of a fanning mill having a downwardly inclined graindischarge trough, a stirrup secured thereto near the discharge end, atrough extension held by friction between said stirrup and fanning milltrough, and a sacking elevator connected with and supported by thefanning mill with an opening into the lower end thereof into which saidtrough extension discharges, sub stantially as set forth.

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto affixed my signature in the presenceof the witnesses herein named.

PERRY POYNEER.

Witnesses:

JOHN C. MORAN, SHAFFER PETERSON.

